Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-04-02
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EDS lNTKLLlaENCER.-The extension al
the railroad connection Of the city Of lIancas-
ter with the lower end OF our county hes beeu
more or leD agitated within the pest few
years but there are very few even Of thoss
most directly Interested In such connection
who realize 70 any appreoiable extent the i'm.
mense advantages that would rebound 70
both city and county BY such Q connection.
The four lower townships Of the county
Colerain, Fulton, Little Britain and Dru.
more-which glance ct the map will show
70 compare very favorabiy In size, and very
sighs investigation will prove 20 compare
more avoraoly In value Of products with any
IN sne county, are now practically cut OF
totaily from our county seat. Their trade a.l
belongs to Lancaster their best market for
Deef, pork, potatoes, vegetables and grain Is
lIenoesser IN iaot, though only twenty-five
residents are sixty miles away,
All Of their retail trade, shopping, bar king
and general trade belongs 70 the city, vet
practically not one iota Of II comes here, be.
cause the people are cut off from the city ana
onered far superior facilities for reaching
other points. Lot M take an instance Fair.
mount u, In direct line, twenty-five miles
from Lancaster, yet II you were TO take the
train from that point to the city you find that
you cannot do 20 without paying Q fare Of
three dollars and sixty cents round trip, and
can, under NO confederation, 60 and come In
the same day. II you wish TO 70 TO Phiis.
delphia, seventy.five miles away. you can 10
and come for two dollars and forty. five cents,
and make the trip in one day, with four
hours allowed In Philadelphia
sHIPPINa DIFFICuLTIKs.
It II almost impossible TO ship one way or
the other, on account Of the difficulties OF
transfer, and ct the best 1t costs twenty-five
per cont moro TO do % than TO ship to Phila-
dslphia, Wilmington or Baltimore. This is
all radically wrong, and disgrace to the en-.
terprise, public spirit and business pride Of
the foremost county Of the Union, that for 70
long time one OF the best parts of her county
has been - fully cut Oh from her county seat
- II situated in the far West
And what II needed to bring oil of this sec.
ton right 10 the doors OF the city? A glance
railroad, beginning at the Susquehanna
river, effectually drains all the lower end of
the county, and carries the wealth Of her
trade of to Oxford and beyond that to Phils.
delphiA Baltimore and Wilmington. Now
all OF this valuable traffic can be easily turned
here, and all OF the lower end can reap the
advantage Of . convenient, ready and hun.
cry market for her rich products simply by
building and operating trife OF eight miles
OF railroad from Quarryvllle to Kings
Bridge
BUILD 4 RAILRoAD.
Nearly all Of 1t can be D0AAs tight down the
valley OF the Octoraro and its =. -taEy, and
has been estimated TO cost, complies Ssat.
forty thousand dollara And there u mot D
business house in Lancaster, from the small
est up, that would not realize In increased
part Of 1t II taken In stock and there are
of 1t ct good profit to themselves +; and any
farm In the lower end would be enhanced at
least twenty-five per cent BY such connec-
ton.
There u plenty Of money and men ready
to build therefore, let those who arc the
leaders of the community hasten themselves
and get the project In shape, and they will
wonder In . few years how they ever man.
aged to get along without It Labor u chesp
material IL cheap, capital Ii cheap, and .
large part OF 1t will DO spent In the city and
county, and every interest will be helped BY
the enterprise.
The subject OF building the railroad will be
considered at the next meeting Of the Board
of Trade, when President Leavitt, Of the
Peach Bottom road, will be present Many
Lancaster capitalists look favorably upon the
enterprise, and 1t 10 believed that money
will be forthcoming In plenty to build the
railroad - soon a. its obvious advantages are
fairly presented TO the public.
COUNTY.